**Exhibit      10.14**

**IEC      Electronics Corp.**

**First      Amendment to Option Award Agreement**

**RECITALS:**

|   | A. | In                accordance with the provisions of the 2001 Stock Option and Incentive                Plan                (the “Plan”) and pursuant to a resolution duly adopted by the Board of                Directors of the Company on August 12, 2003, the Company and Optionee                executed an Option Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto                as                Exhibit A, pursuant to which Optionee was granted a Stock Option                (the                “Option”) to purchase up to 275,000 shares of common stock of the Company                in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Option                Agreement. |
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|   | B. | As                of the date of this Amendment, options for 110,000 shares have vested                and                are exercisable until March 31, 2009, and options for 165,000 shares                have                not yet vested. |
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|   | C. | The                Company and Optionee desire to modify certain provisions of the Option                Agreement in the manner set forth                herein. |
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|  | 1. | Definitions. Capitalized                terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings                ascribed to such terms in the Option                Agreement. |
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|   | 2. | Amendments. |
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|   | A. | Sections                4 (a) (iii), (iv), and (v) of the Option Agreement are deleted in                their                entirety and replaced with the                following: |
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|   | B. | Section                4 (b) of the Option Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced                by                the following: |
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|   | C. | Section                4 (c) of the Option Agreement is deleted in its                entirety. |
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|   | 3. | Except                as otherwise provided herein, the Option Agreement shall be unmodified                and                shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with its                terms. |
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| IEC                Electronics Corp. |
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| By:                                  |    |
|                                 | David                J. Beaubien, |
|                                 | Chairman,                Compensation Committee |

| Optionee: |                                |
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|      | W.                Barry Gilbert,         |
|      | Chairman                of the Board and |
|      | Chief                Executive Officer   |

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